But an exhibition of saucy seaside postcards aims to take visitors back to an era when naughty was nice, fat women were funny, blondes were dumb and all mothers-in-law were double-chinned tyrants with nagging daughters.

His wife comes from our town, and his beaming mother-in-law still lives here.

He said he comes to bingo every week with his wife, mum and mother-in-law and often brings a group of his mates along as well.

His mother-in-law was anxious to be with her daughter in her dying moments.

New Zealand needs to bring back mothers-in-law to help with the raising of families, Social Development Minister Steve Maharey said yesterday.

Whenever possible, we go back to relieve his wife and my mother-in-law Judith of her bedside vigil.

Did I mention that my mother-in-law is a professional chef and also doesn't speak a word of English?

Traditional kinship terms reflect this, with different terms for the husband's parents and the wife's parents, and for the two mothers-in-law.